Weather-strip.



W. R. PROCTOR.

WEATHER SIRlP.

APPLICATION HLEp FEB. 19. 1917.

1,240,603. Patented Sept. 18, 1917.

WILLIAM R. PROGTOR, OF ATHENA, OREGON.

WEATHER-STRIP.

' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 18, 1917.

Application filed February 19, 1917. Serial No. 149,558.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, WILLIAM R. Pnoo'ron, acitizen of the United States, residing at Athena, in the county ofUmatilla and State of Oregon. have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Veather-Strips, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to devices for pre venting the entrance ofdrafts, dust, insects, rain, etc., through doors, windows and similarclosures for openings in buildings, and its object is to provide asimple and efficient device of this kind which can be easily applied andwhich does not mar the appearance of the door, window or other part towhich it is applied.

The invention further has for its object to provide a device of the kindstated which may also serve as a fastening or look for the door orwindow, and which will hold the same partly open at any angle.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be pointed out in thedetailed description appearing hereinafter, and in order that the samemay be better understood, reference is had to the accompanying drawingforming a part ofthis specification.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a front elevation of a portion of a doorshowing the application of the in vention; Fig. 2 is a vertical sectionof a window showing the invention applied to the sash thereof; Fig. 3 isan elevation showing the device on the outside of the door; Fig. 4: is avertical section of the device, and Fig. 5 is an elevation showing thedevice on the inside of the door.

Referring specifically to the drawing, 9 denotes a metal strip appliedto the bottom of the part to be protected. Fig. 1 shows the stripapplied to a door 10, and in Fig. 2 the strip is shown applied to aswinging window sash 11. The construction and operation of the deviceare the same in both instances and the following detailed descriptionhas reference to the device as applied to the door.

In the outer face of the door 10, at the bottom thereof, is made avertical recess 12 in which the strip 9 slidably seats, its width beingsuch that it may project from the recess and depend a sutficientdistance from the bottom edge of the door to engage the threshold 13.The length of the strip corresponds to the width of the door, so thatwhen it is lowered to engage the threshold, the space between the latterand the bottom edge of the door is closed up, thereby eX eluding drafts,dust, insects, rain, etc.

The strip 9 is carried by a vertically slidable bolt is mounted in aguide 15 fixed to the inner face of the door at the bottom thereof andhaving at its lower end a lat eral bend 16 which extends through a slot17 made in the bottom edge of the door and leading to the recess 12. Thestrip 9 is mounted on the outer end of the bend 16 extending into therecess 12. The connection between the bend 16 and the strip 9 is mid-'way between the ends of the latter, and the connection is a loose oneso that the strip is pivotally supported, thereby enabling it to tilt inthe direction of its length to fit close against an unlevel threshold orother part.

On the outer face of the door 10, over the recess 12, is mounted a coverplate 17 behind which the plate 9 works. The inner end of the slot 17 iscoveredby the guide 15. On the inner face of the door 10 is located adevice for actuating the bolt 1% to raise or lower the strip 9. Thisdevice is a flat plate 18 carried by apivot bolt 19, and having a camslot 20 into which extends a lateral bend 21 at the upper end of thebolt 14. Thus, it will be seen that when the member 18 is swung, thebolt 14 is slid up or down, and the strip 9 is correspondingly moved.The member 18 has a projecting tread 22 so that it may be operated bythe foot, and adjacent to the slot 20 it carries a pivoted latch bar 23.This latch bar is pivoted intermediate its ends to the member 18, asshown at 2%, and it is so positioned that when it is swung across theslot on one side of the part 21, the member is locked and prevented frombeing swung to slide the bolt 14 upward. This locking action is designedto be efiected when the strip 9 is down, the part .21 being then at oneend of the slot 20, and upon swinging the latch bar 23 in front of thepart 21, it acts as a stop to prevent the swing of the member 18 in adirection to elevate the bolt 14 and thus raise the strip 9, making asafe night-lock.

By providing the hereinbefore described locking means, the strip 9 mayalso be used for locking the door, the strip being positioned so that itoverhangs the outer edge of the threshold 13 when it is down. When thedevice is applied to a window sash 11, as shown in Fig. 2, the sill 25will have a slot 26 in which the strip seats when it is down. The doormay also be held in partly open position by jamming the strip down afterthe door has been opened the desired distance.

As the locking device is on the inside, the door is secure y locked andit cannot be opened from the outside.

A means is also provided for operating the bolt 14-. from the outside ofthe door 10 when said bolt is not locked by the device hereinl'iei'oredescribed. This device is a knob 27 fixed on the outer end of the bolt19. The bolt 19 passes through the door and the knob is fixed on itsouter end, whereas the member 18 is fixed on its inner end by anysuitable means. The bolt 19 is mounted to turn freely in a bearingsleeve 28 seating in a transverse aperture in the door. The knob 27 alsohas a tread 29 so that it may be operated by the foot.

The latch can also be used for locking the strip 9 in elevated position.lVhen the strip is in this position the part 21 is at the left end ofthe slot 20, and the latch may then be swung in behind said part toconfine it in that end of the slot as shown dotted in Fig. 5. Thus, itis not necessary to operate the strip every time the door is to beopened, but it may be operated at will and left locked in elevatedposition if desired.

I claim:

1. The combination with a swinging closure of a strip located at thebottom of such closure and vertically movable to project therefrom avertically slidable bolt mounted on the closure and carrying the strip,a pivoted member carried by the closure and having a cam slot'engageableby the bolt, and means for locking the pivoted member.

2. The combination with a swinging closure of a strip located at thebottom of such closure and vertically movable to project therefrom, avertically slidable bolt mounted on the closure and carryingthe strip,said bolt having a laterally extending part, a pivoted member carried bythe closure and having a cam slot into which said part eX- tends, and apivoted stop member carried by the pivoted member and located to engagethe laterally extending part when it is at the end of the slot, forlocking said pivoted member.

3. The combination with a swinging closure of a strip located at thebottom of such closure and vertically movable to project tl erei rom, avertically slidable bolt mounted on the closure and carrying the strip,a pivoted member carried by the closure and having a cam slot engageableby the bolt, means for locking the pivoted member, a pivot bolt carryingsaid member and passing through the closure, the swinging member beingmounted on one end of said bolt, and means on the other end of the pivotbolt for operating the same.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

WILLIAM R. PBOGTOR.

-Witnesses HOMER I. /VATTs, JENNIE Gr. lVA'r'rs.

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